CHAOS
  • Map-Legend:
  • S-X-V
  • X-S-V
  • S-V-X
  • X-V-S
  • V-S-X
  • V-X-S
  • Mixed Data
  • No Data
LanguageQuestionSubquestionColorParameterValuePreference
Amharic13dS-X-V1P
Amharic13dX-S-V1S
Amharic13dX-V-S1S
Czech13dS-V-X1S
Czech13dX-V-S1P
Jula13dS-V-X1NA
Huarong Chinese13dS-X-V1
Huarong Chinese13dS-V-X1
Kazakh13dS-X-V1NA
Newari13dS-X-V1P
Newari13dX-S-V1S
Polish13dX-S-V0.5
Polish13dS-V-X1
Polish13dX-V-S1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13dS-X-V1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13dX-S-V1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13dS-V-X1S
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13dX-V-S1P
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian13dV-X-S1
English13dS-V-X1
Standard German13dS-X-V0.5
Standard German13dX-S-V1
Standard German13dS-V-X0.5
Standard German13dX-V-S1
Upper Sorbian13dS-X-V1S
Upper Sorbian13dX-S-V1S
Upper Sorbian13dS-V-X1P
Upper Sorbian13dX-V-S1S

(13) Is there word order variation in examples with a theme marked as an S argument that is marked for information structure?

Alternatives to be checked: S-X-V / X-S-V / S-V-X / X-V-S / V-S-X / V-X-S

I. Psychological verbs
d) non-theme is contrastive topic

Prompt: What pleases your father?

I don't know, but the garden pleases my mother. (S-V-X)

Explanation: Please try to re-use the lexical material of (9) if possible, so that we get minimal pairs.

Background: This question addresses possibilities of scrambling and freedom of word order.